NVQ Student discusses ONP options in UK
NVQ Student Visa holder, Jacqui, reports to her educational provider the very day she landed at Heathrow Airport.
The Filipino Nurse is in the UK on a 3 year student visa and will start her course in NVQ Level 3/4, Health and Social Care (National Vocational Qualification) at Majestic College this week.
Immigration Adviser Bison UK have arranged paid work placement, which runs along side the vocational course, in a UK care home and she will stay with a Filipino host family in London.
As a qualified Nurse back home in Makati, Manila, Jacqui discusses her options to register with the NMC and take the ONP (Adaptation Course for overseas nurses) at a later date, which could qualify her to work as a registered Nurse (RGN) in the UK.
She will also need to pass an IELTS English test at band score 7.00, which, judging by her spoken English, should not be too much of a problem!
Qualified overseas Nurses taking NVQ courses have a number of options:
- Obtain an NVQ Level 3 and apply under Tier 2 for a permit as a Senior Care Worker, which is on the Shortage Occupations List.
- Obtain an NVQ Level 4 – Leadership and management award (LMC) and apply under Tier 2 for a permit as a Care Manager.
- Register with the NMC and pass the Overseas Nurses Programme (ONP) and apply under Tier 2 for a work permit as a Regsitered Nurse.
The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has recently published its first review of the shortage occupation lists , which recommended that the qualification threshold for overseas Social Care Workers be changed to NQF (National Qualification Framework)/NVQ (National Vocational Qualification) Level 2 and the minimum salary cut from £8.80 to £7.80.
See: The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) revise Shortage Occupations List – Video
If the Government adopts the recommendations, it will be possible to obtain permission to work as a Care Assistant under Tier and switch from the Tier 4 Student Visa category.
If you need any immigration advice or help with Sponsorship or Work Permits, Visa or an appeal against a refusal please email:
info@immigrationmatters.co.uk or visit www.immigrationmatters.co.uk
Reader Comments
Dear Sir/madam
I’m a Registered Nurse in Philippines, I graduate and passed the local board exam last june 2007, I’m looking for a job in UK, I’m Residing in Morocco at the moment. I’m looking for employer to sponsored me, I’m a single mom and don’t have money to start the course and I want to be all legalized. I’m a hard working Filipina.
Hope your kind and consideration
Im a Registered Nurse in the Philippines. I went to Uk for a student visa and finish my NVQ3. I have also received my NMC deision letter last January 2010. I have worked as a Care Asssitant mor than a year now. I would like to ask from your kind office if do you have an employer who can sponsor me to do my ONP Program. Thank you so much for the attention regarding this matter. Hoping for a favorable response.
ONP programmes are now run by Universities and you can approach a provider.
ONP (Overseas Nurses Programme) Providers are listed on the NMC website.
I just finished my IMIS Foundation course with result. Since my college is still suspended, i like to change my college and course into NVQ Level 2 as because i ve been working as a care assistance in nursing home. Its my interested field as well. Other hand, my visa is going to be expired by first week of april 2010.
Would i able to change my course & college? If so, what documents do i need to submit?
I look forward to your good advice. Thans. Madan.
I just finished my IMIS Foundation course with good result. Since my college is still suspended, i like to change my college and course into NVQ Level 2 as because i ve been working as a care assistance in nursing home. Its my interested field as well. Other hand, my visa is going to be expired by first week of april 2010.
Would i able to change my course & college? If so, what documents do i need to submit?
I look forward to your good advice. Thans. Madan.
I HAVE COMPLETED ADVANCE BUSINESS DIPLOMA FROM CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY. HOW THEY CONSIDER IN UK IMMIGRATON.
See Voluntary Assisted Return and Reintegration Programme (VARRP) run by the IOM
FAQ’s http://www.iomlondon.org/doc/varrp/faq/VARRP%20FAQ.pdf